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Meanwhile, the Belarusian Ministry of Energy has stated that it has not received an official notification of Russia’s Gazprom concern about its intentions.
“The Ministry of Energy has not received an official letter from Gazprom about the interruption of gas supply to Belarusian consumers as of July 1,” said a spokesperson for the Interfax agency of the Belarusian Ministry of Energy in a statement to comment. in the media.
Gazprom chief Alexei Miller said earlier this month that Belarus owed almost $ 166 million in imported natural gas. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
“Belarus’s debt for gas received from Russia is now 165.57 million. Dollars As soon as the debt is paid in full, Russia will be ready to plan negotiations on the terms of gas supply to Belarus from 1 January 2021. The Minister of Energy of Belarus was informed about this by an official letter, “said A. Miller.
Meanwhile, the Belarusian Ministry of Energy denied that the country was indebted to Gazprom, but acknowledged that “there are disagreements about the price of natural gas supplies based on their colorality.”
Following talks last week between the Russian Ministry of Energy, Gazprom and the Belarusian Ministry of Energy, Minsk reaffirmed its position, saying that it had asked Russia to provide a metrologically validated methodology for determining the average actual calorific value. of natural gas monthly.
Furthermore, after the fall in natural gas prices on the European market, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko stated in April that under such conditions, Russian gas should be more than half cheaper for his country, with a cost of 40-45 dollars per thousand cubic meters. Soon after, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak replied that there were no plans to change gas prices in Belarus by 2020.
Under a bilateral agreement signed in February and valid until the end of this year, Belarus must pay $ 127 per thousand cubic meters for Russian gas this year.
Gazprom is the only gas supplier to Belarus, which imports around 20 billion of them a year. cubic meters.
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